Richardson, TX · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for The University of Texas at Dallas
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$72,169
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $4,500.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at UT Dallas
| Full price, in state | $32,010 |
| Full price, out of state | $58,296 |
| After grants, at your income | $16,573 |
At this income, 17 of Texas's other 58 colleges cost less after grants, and 41 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. In state: The Top 10% Scholarship pays $2,500 a semester toward tuition and mandatory fees, for up to eight semesters. It goes to Texas high school students in the top 10% of their class who did not get the Academic Excellence Scholarship, while awards last (and 1 more below).
UT Dallas's promise. Comet Promise: tuition and mandatory fees covered for Texas students with family income of $100,000 or less. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At UT Dallas, our scenarios for Texas households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $5,900 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What the University of Texas at Dallas says it awards for grades and test scores.
In state: the Top 10% Scholarship pays $2,500 a semester toward tuition and mandatory fees, for up to eight semesters. It goes to Texas high school students in the top 10% of their class who did not get the Academic Excellence Scholarship, while awards last.
The Academic Excellence Scholarship, reviewed for freshmen who finish the application by the December 1 priority deadline. Amounts vary with each class, and no score or rank guarantees an award.
Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
Comet Promise: tuition and mandatory fees covered for Texas students with family income of $100,000 or less
Household income up to $100,000. Covers tuition, fees.
- The student has financial need, files the FAFSA or the Texas application by January 15, and is enrolled at least three-quarter time. Freshmen and transfer students qualify.
- Renewal needs 24 credit hours a year, a 2.5 GPA and family income of $100,000 or less. It covers fall and spring only.
“Beginning fall 2025, the UT Dallas Comet Promise expands the current Tuition Promise program by increasing the eligible family income threshold and including transfer students. Eligible students will have their tuition and fees covered through scholarships, grants and tuition exemptions from federal, state and institutional funds with any remaining tuition costs covered by Comet Promise funding. Have a family income of $100,000 or less. Have demonstrated financial need as determined by information provided on the FAFSA or TASFA”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what UT Dallas reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $5,900 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in UT Dallas's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Texas, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price UT Dallas at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: The University of Texas at Dallas's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
The University of Texas at Dallas's own budget for 2026-27 is $35,096. It also counts costs the university doesn't bill for, such as travel and personal spending. We leave those out.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- University of Houston-Downtown$16,292 a year
- Stephen F Austin State University$16,468 a year
- UT Dallas$16,573 a year
- UT Austin$16,738 a year
- Angelo State University$16,790 a year
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